Scientists overestimated the rate of sea level rise between 1901 and 1990, meaning Earth’s oceans have expanded more dramatically in the past 25 years and major coastal cities and island communities could be closer to going under than previous research has shown… Based on their data, annual sea level rise from 1901 to 1990 was about 1.2 millimeters (.05 inches), roughly .3 to .6 millimeters less than the “standing wisdom” for that time period, said Robert Kopp, an associate professor of earth sciences at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and a senior scientist on the study.
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